A L9thC Khazar coin, found N Yorkshire--imitation dirham but w/ tamgha-like signs around edge: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/629137 …pic.twitter.com/O6QsSWR9kg
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Better images (2) 9thC Khazar imitation dirhams w/ tamgha (clan identity mark)+w/ Ard al-Khazar (Land of the Khazars)pic.twitter.com/B5XPBVeMn0
As noted earlier, this coin issued by Jewish Khazars recalls prev posted 8C ?English dinar w/ crosses+10C Rus dirham:pic.twitter.com/bPpgC3FJ0p
@caitlinrgreen
Does this imply the existence of a sectarian offshoot, venerating Musa as primary prophet?
@holland_tom
@LatestMessiah @caitlinrgreen The Khazars converted to Judaism.
@holland_tom @LatestMessiah Yes; coin=c.837-8, prob period of conversion, 'undoing' prev Khazar coins w/ Muhammed onhttps://www.academia.edu/1320470/Introduction …
@caitlinrgreen @joe_nuzz still I can only read it as Muhammad.
@lovemybees @caitlinrgreen Dr Green can you help us see the distinction?
@joe_nuzz @lovemybees Kovalev indicates altered text at bottom of coin & seems so to me :) Another image here (7.13)https://www.academia.edu/689093/Kaupang_from_Afar._Aspects_of_the_Interpretation_of_Dirham_Finds_in_Northern_and_Eastern_Europe_between_the_Late_8th_and_Early_10th_Centuries …
@caitlinrgreen @TeeveezAlBundi Interesting.
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